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Michelle Simmons

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Aug 14, 2026
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Jul 19, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Michelle Simmons

    Indiana governor declares statewide disaster emergency as Midwest floodwaters rise (opens the original)

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    "I saw my fence floating past my window," said Karlie Frey of Cambridge City. Amid floodwaters already up to the roofs of some homes and turning the streets of multiple cities into rushing rivers, Midwest residents are bracing for more severe storms on Thursday. "When I looked out my window, I saw my fence floating past my window," Karlie Frey, a resident of hard-hit Cambridge City, Indiana, told ABC Indianapolis affiliate station WRTV. After being evacuated from her home on Wednesday via a resc

  2. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Michelle Simmons

    Indiana storm death toll expected to rise: Authorities (opens the original)

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    More than 700,000 utility customers in the Midwest are without power. Indiana authorities said the death toll from the week's devastating storm could climb as authorities worked to confirm reports of more weather-related fatalities in the state. Earlier, officials confirmed that a 4-year-old boy was killed when a tree toppled on his home in Indiana on Tuesday amid an outbreak of severe weather. During a news conference on Wednesday afternoon, Jonathan Whitham, the executive director of Indiana D

  3. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · Michelle Simmons

    As extreme heat spreads to the Midwest, the East Coast remains hot and sticky (opens the original)

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    Several major cities are expected to hit the 100-degree mark. The spell of brutal hot weather in the West is expected to spread into the Southern Plains and mid-Mississippi Valley on Sunday, prompting extreme heat warnings from California to Illinois. Several major cities – including Las Vegas, Denver and Albuquerque – are expected to see 100-degree temperatures on Sunday, while parts of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma are expected to bake in the high 90s, with 100-degree heat or higher possible i

  4. Article · Aug 2, 2026 · Michelle Simmons

    Los Angeles, Las Vegas among 5 US cities bracing for extreme heat (opens the original)

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    Meanwhile, flash flooding is expected in parts of the East. More than 45 million people from California to the Dakotas are on alert for dangerous heat on Sunday, with several major cities, including Los Angeles, under extreme heat warnings. Temperatures are expected to soar into the triple digits across parts of the West and Great Plains, challenging daily high-temperature records in Phoenix, Arizona, which is expected to see 116 degrees on Sunday, and Rapid City, South Dakota, where it could hi

  5. Article · Jul 19, 2026 · Michelle Simmons

    Severe weather threat continues across US; flash flooding kills at least 8 (opens the original)

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    A Utah fire captain, his wife and three sons were among those killed. Severe weather, including thunderstorms packing damaging winds and heavy rain, are expected Sunday from Southern Virginia to northern Georgia following flash flooding in recent days that killed at least eight people across the United States. The cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia, as well as Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, are in the path of the storms forecast for Sunday afternoon, while central and eastern

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